Railway-tie.



K. MOHR.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.31. 1915.

1,165,274:. Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I, 1915.

1,165,274. Patented Dec.21,1915.

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Speciication of Letters-intent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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The above and addit ional objects are acqmp ished y s ch wee a a i l rin the accompanying cl rawings described the ifoll wine p fiee and t merpar cu a y P nt d cut n the c aim ith feren w l? drev ss e ein I haveillustrated the preferred embodiment of my nv n esitvi edeeed to rre tee andthroughout the several views in which im a i e -e emmem desi naresponding e ts, Fi u is a n ee V e ofthe t e, B -:2 isa ras aee e sid sw tion showing one ofthe rails thereon .and

in section, Fig. 3 is an enlargedjdetailtop plan V ew o th body p t o fozh'tl tie is formed, Fig. his a longitudinal fragmentary sectional viewtaken through the tie, :Fig 5 is an end elevation, Fig. 6 is a detailplan viewof a locking washer to be used in connection with my improvedtie, and Fig. 7 ,isa detail top plan view illustrating the manner inwhich the inner ends of the rail supporting members are connected.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates as an entirety a channel-shaped elongated body portion for myimproved tie and .at each end has its side walls 2 and 3 joined adjacenttheir upper edges by an integral plate 4, which plate 4 restricts theopening in the ends of the tie.

Monnted within eachend of thetie 1 is a rectangular resilient railsupporting block 5 that is preferably formed of Wood but whie me be termd 0 a ot suitable material. lfor rned opposite, one another upon theinner fac esof the vside alls 2- and 3 of channel-shaped bodyportion 1are vertical flanges 6. The inner endsof the bloclrs 5 engage theflanges 6 which terminate at a "point flush ]or slightly spaced from theupper edge of the side wall and are prevented from further inwardmovementformed on oppositesides of each end of. thetieare upstandinglugs 7 flhese lugs 7 arejoined1with one another by means of thepl'ateiand are approximately V-shaped in cross section. A retaining flange 8is formed on the-upper edge of each of the lugs 7 and extendsinwardlyover the body p'ortionof the tieuso as to act as retaining inembers inthemanner which will be more fullydescribed. i I

opposite sides of the body portion on the sidewalls Qand 3 at pointsspaced inwardly from the ends of the tie are formed retaining members 9and 10 respectively that.consistofupstanding lugs with flanges ontheupper edges thereof which are similar to the lugs 7 .and the flanges 8thereon.

plate 13 is providedon opp site sides and at points suitably spaced fromone another with railbase engaging lugs or rail clamping members 1.4that are designedto engage-thebase of a raihand holdthe rail inposition. The plate 13 is of such dimensions astoflt snugly upon theresilient supporting block 5. The retaining members 9 and I0 and flanges8 and lugs 7 act to retain the .plate13 in position, said flanges 8engaginguponthe upper face of the plate. A spike or, other suitablefastening element 1 5 is driven through an aperture in the outer end ofthe plate 13 and into the resilient supporting block 5 so as to holdsaid block 5 in position. Formed integral with each of the plates 13 onthe inner edge thereof and at a point intermediate the end edges of saidinner edge is. an inwardly extending rod orarm 16 which is provided witha'recess 17 upon one face thereof at its free end. The recess which isformed in the arm or rod 16 is spaced slightly from the free endsthereof-sothat theend portions of the rod i extend into the recesses of[each other and provide a tight joint as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawing. These rods 16 are disposed centrally that is in line with thelongitudinal center of the body portion of the tie and since very littlefootformed thereon bendable tongues 21'. The

body portion 20 is provided with a central aperture to receive the boltor fastening ele ment '18 and the bendable tongues 21 are designed to bebent to engage the sides of the nut.

In assembling my improved tie, the rail supporting members 11 and 12 areplaced upon the resilient supporting blocks 5 and are arranged in anangular position with relation to the tie at opposite sides thereof sothat the rail engaging or clamping members 14 are spaced sufliciently toenable arail to be placed upon theplates 13, that is to say, the plates13 are disposed approximately at right angles to their assembledposition to arrange the member 1 1 slightly beyond the rails so that thelatter may be placed on the said plates 13. After the rails havefbeenplaced as described upon the plates 13, the arms16 are drawn towardone'another so that they overlap and the bolts or fastening elements 18are then inserted through the overlapped portions thereof. Thearrangement of the retaining members 9 and 10 enables the plate to bedrawn inwardl from opposite sides of the tie.

It willbe observed that the resilient rail supporting blocks provide therequired track resiliency and thus it will be seen that the improved tiepossesses all the resiliency of a wooden tie but is much more efficientand more durable by reason of its metallic construction.

In practice, I have found that the form of v my invention, illustratedin the drawings and referred to in the above description, as thepreferred embodiment, is the most efiicient and practical; yet realizingthat the conditions concurrent with the adoption .of

my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the. fact thatvarious minor changes in details of construction, propor-' tion andarrangement of parts may be re-. sorted to, when required, withoutsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as set forth.

Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner oflatents;

f' what a. dashed l V ,1 1. A. rail tie consisting of a channel- Ishaped metallic body portion, resilientrail supporting'blocks mountedin'the endsof said body portion, metallic rail supporting plates mountedupon said resilient rail supporting blocks, means to clamp the railsmounted upon said plates, meansto-hold said plates upon said blocks,arms formed integral with'said plates and extending inwardly toward oneanother and means to connect said arms'with one another. 7

2. A metallic rail tie consisting of a channel-shaped metallic bodyportion, resilient rail supporting blocks mounted within said bodyportion at the ends thereof, metallic rail supporting plates mountedupon said blocks, means-to hold said blocks in position, meansto holdsaid plates upon saidblocks, and arms formed integral with the innerends of said plates and being detachably connected with one another atpoint adjacent the center of'the tie.

3. A metallic rail tie comprising a metallic body portion, resilientrail support ing blocks mounted upon the body portion,

metallic rail supporting plates "mounted upon the blocks, means toholdthe plates upon the blocks, arms formed'integral with the innerends'of said plates, extending inwardly and overlapping each other attheir ends and means to securelsaid arms'to one another inserted throughthe overlapped ends thereof.v v

A. A rail tie comprising a metallic body ,7

members carried by the tie, engaging-and holding said rail supportingplates upon 3 said tie, rail clamping members carried by said plates,fastening elements 1 inserted through said plate and into said blocksand arms formed integral with said plates and being connected with oneanother. A

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.I

KARL Morin. Witnesses: V

v Mnoronn MARSH,

JOHN GEORGE.

Washington, D. C.

